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Here is some advice's about Getting around in Pattaya
The Bathbus      
The Bathbuses are the most used transportation by tourists, they are everywhere and the can go everywhere.    
On the main traffic roads they runs like a bus, just get on when one is passing by, they uses the horn to get your attention, otherwise you can raise your hand when you see them come at distance, then they stoppes and pick you up, if they not are on a "special ride".    
The prize for the bustrip in the Bathbus is 10 Bath.    
The "special ride" you can get yourself, just there are no other passengers in the Bathbus, you can ask the driver to dirve you somewhere you like to go, you must make an agreement with the driver about the prize for the ride.    
The prize's are printed on a sticker in the back of the car, covering the most known places and areas in town, and after a look at the map of Pattaya, and a little reading of the prize's then you can get a fair prize for your ride.    
If you make an agreement, about getting driven to some place, and the driver shall pick you up later or wait, remember first to pay when you have returned, or completely finished your ride, otherwise you might find out that you lost your ride back.    
       
Motorcycle Taxi      
The motorcycle taxis are the most used transportation by the Thais, they are almost like bathbuses, everywhere and the can go everywhere, but they can go ways the bathbus not can go, and they can also drive between the cars in the lanes on the heavy trafficked roads, so a fast way to get around.    
The motorcycle taxis are not recommended to use, they drive in a way that makes the passengers feel unsafe, and they have a generally disrespect of traffic rules and laws, motorcycles are involved in most of traffic accidents in town, some of them are also including the motorcycle taxis.    
The prize for the ride are like the bathbuses, an agreement between the driver and the passenger.    
The motorcycle taxis does not have a printed prizelist like the bathbuses, but from what heard, then they are more friendly and reasonable with prizes, than bathbusdrivers.    
 
 
 

 

 

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